Object number:
A67.137.38121.10
Object name:
photograph
Title:
Border Crossing
Maker:
Dorothea Lange
Date made:
1938
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Credit line:
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Physical description:
Gelatin silver contact sheet printed on Agfa photopaper. Lange number stamped on verso. Contact sheet shows negatives of the 2.25 inches by 2.25 inches format.
Content description:
Original description is "Border Crossing - El Paso - Nogales." Seven images show people waiting in a line passing through a turnstile at a booth. One image shows four women and a boy sitting on a bench. One image shows passengers getting off of a street car.
Concepts:
Dorothea Lange Project: An American Exodus
Places:
Nogales, Mexico; El Paso, Texas
Persons:
Bob Lemmon
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